Behind The Smile

Registered charity 1184343 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ZAC'S MEMORIAL TRUST

The preservation and protection of good mental health by: -1. To raise awareness about suicide and the effects2. Provide peer support for those with poor mental health and those bereaved by suicide.3. To work with local organisations and bodies to promote good mental health4. To educate others of suicide risk factor

Objects

THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD MENTAL HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: -• TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SUICIDE AND THE EFFECTS• TO WORK WITH LOCAL ORGANISATIONS AND BODIES TO PROMOTE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH• SUPPORTING ALL WHO ARE FIGHTING TO OVERCOME MENTAL ILL HEALTH• URGING ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING IN SILENCE TO SPEAK UP AND ASK FOR HELP• TO EDUCATE OTHERS OF SUICIDE RISK FACTORS AND TO ENABLE THEM TO RECOGNISE AND RESPOND TO SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR• TO USE OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF SUICIDE LOSS TO INFORM AND INSPIRE OTHERS• TO PROVIDE ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO THOSE BEREAVED BY SUICIDE AND SIGNPOST WHERE APPROPRIATE• SUPPORTING THOSE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+• WORKING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER TO ACHIEVE THE ABOVE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tewkesbury, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£20k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
2019

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Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 7
  • Government income: £250 — grants £250 (1); 1% of the £20,099 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Government income: £2,880 — grants £2,880 (1); 38% of the £7,634 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 03/02/2026, 3 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 03/02/2025, 3 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gloucestershire · Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£20k£12k
31/03/2024£9k£12k
31/03/2023£8k£13k
31/03/2022£20k£10k
31/03/2021£4k£3k

Common questions

Who funds Behind The Smile?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Behind The Smile as a grant recipient include ST BARNABAS WITH CHRIST CHURCH PCC.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ST BARNABAS WITH CHRIST CHURCH PCCFY2023£150Mission Fund Giving

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/04/2021£10kChill n Chat Support Groups
UK government14/09/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund